Pinocchio author's family home for sale: Italian palazzo once home to Carlo Lorenzini is on the market for £1.75m

Some parts of this luxury property date back to 1366 when it was turned into a grand villa.
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Amira Hashish26 February 2020

The Tuscan former family home of Carlo Lorenzini — author of The Adventures of Pinocchio, about the little wooden boy whose nose grew when he told lies — is for sale with Hamptons for £17.5 million.

Parts of the house date from 1366 when an important Florentine family turned a fortress into a grand villa.

In the 17th century the grounds were extended and designed in classical style with terraces, statues and fountains.

The villa comes with two further houses, a restaurant, a butterfly greenhouse and thermal baths adorned with frescoes by 17th-century Italian Baroque artist, Angelo Michele Colonna.

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